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ASHLAND. JACKSON C O U N T Y .T H U R S D A Y . M AY 26. <949
Volume 16, Number 12
I , .00 PER YEAR
Memorial Day Program Announced
For Monday Morning Bv Emil Kroeger
All Legionaires of Ashland
Am erican Legion Post No. 14, are
requested to assemble at the L e­
gion hull on W inburn wuy at » 45
a.m. for the Legion services which
will be held at the Memorial Rock
In Llthia Park ut 1» u.m.
Kind Kroeger is generul chair­
m an of the progrum for the day.
At 9:45 a.m. “ll patriotic units
of the parade will form a t the
city hull, und parade form ation
will be lined out.
Prom ptly ut 10:00 a m. the pu
rade will start, m arching from
the Pluza, up East Main street
und on to the city cem etery, for
the Memorial services.
The order of parade will be:
colors and color guards, firing
squud. Ashland Municipal band,
Spanish American War veterans,
Am erican Legion and other war
vetcruns of World W ar I and II,
also all men in service uniforms
are requested to fall in. Legion
Auxiliary and other Auxiliary
units, Boy Scouts of America. Girl
Scouts and Cam pfire Girls. Any
other organizations or groups
Program at the city cem etery
will be under the direction of post
com m ander John von Kuhlm ann.
It will be us follows:
America. Ashland Municipal
band, invocation, Rev. O. W.
Klingshelm; floral tributes, plac­
ed on Memorial G rave; Lincoln’s
G ettysburg Address by Ted Mc-
Uvenna, m ain address by Loren
E. Messenger; firing squad, T /p s,
Choral, Bach, Ashland Municipal
band; Star Spangled Banner by
Ashland Municipal Band; Bene­
diction by Rev. John Green.
All units will m arch back to
Plaza and Legion hall w here a
Memorial day covered dish din-
ner will be held, at Legion Hall
on W inburn Way.
The Legion
Auxiliary comm ittee will furnish
coffee, cream, rolls and butter.
All those attending are asked
to bring any variety of covered
dish, also silver and service for
their families.
All patriotic organizations are
invited to attend.
Suturday morning Legionaires
will decorate all v eteran ’s graves.
I OUR DEMOCRACY
by Mat
memorial day
Check Lists Given
To Check ( hecks
Check lists for checking
bad checks were issued by
the City of Ashland Police de­
partment to all Ashland m er­
chants this week. The lists
were made available through
the cooperation of the Cham­
ber of Commerce, and were
drawn up and distributed by
the police department.
They contained Information
on how to spot check passers
and methods of recourse in
case bad checks were receiv­
ed.
Swimming School
Registration Is
Now Under Way
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Lumber Mill Corp.
Roark’s Badge Keeps
r
Head on Shoulders
|] ay |Je Ottered
Jim Roark’s headach.
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gone and so are the two guys
that brought it about
Roark, new merchant pa­
Fred Homes Investigating
Right of Way Problems
trolman. was checking the a l­
ley behind lhe A. 4 B. Sport
Plans to see if land from the
Shop at 2 a. m. Monday,
Ashland city golf course could be
used by Lum ber Mills corpora­
when he saw two suspicious
tion were made Thursday m orn­
characters on lhe platform at
ing at a special 7:00 a.m. m eet­
the rear door of the shop.
ing of the city council which is
"Come off of there," roar­
seeking additional land in order
th at the mill can rebuild on a
ed Jim. "and take your hands
larger site.
out of your poexets."
Fred Homes was appointed by
"W ith pleasure." said one of
Mayor Tom Willlan s to investi­
the characters and he look
gate im m ediately, railw ay crcs.-
his hands out of his pockets.
ings and right of way problems
In his right hand he held a
from the present lo ation of the
forty-five and he blasted at
Lum ber Mills ccrporatlon to t i e
Roark.
The buUet hit the
golf
cource land.
badge on Roark's dap and
John
Cotton, m anager cf t e
knocked the cap and Jim
Lum ber Hills corporation, W ed­
spinning.
nesday had stated t at uni ;-»s
The two shady characters
more land were m ade available
off down the alley and by the
he would have to abandon plans
time Jim quit spinning, got
to rebuild the mill which was
his own gun out and into ac­
burned out a m onth ago.
tion they were gone.
Cotton had asked the council
Jim had a whale of a head­
for a 200 foot strip of no m an s
ache the next morning. It's
land” which now separates his
gone now, and so are the
property from Fir Millings and
characters.
Planing mill. This land is kept
Golt Course Land
Registration for the Annual Red
betw een the mills, Elm er Biegel
Swirnining Cam paign be
city
superintendent said, because
th
,„
jn
th(,
s(.hools
o
gun this week in the schools of
of fire hazards, and rem oval of
Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix, ac­
it would result in higher fire in­
cording to Owen Gragg, m anager
surance rates. Officers of Fir M ill­
of Tw in Plunges, who is in charge
ing and Planing Co. have indicat­
j r e x t e s t tri& u k uie c a n p x j tfios« A m e r i c a n s
of the campaign.
ed that they would be willing to
The instruction, which is under 1
X
L u e d ied fo r o u r c o u n tr y * freedom isto approach
give up 100 feet of the "no m an s
the sponsorship of the American
land” area in order to assist
tL« fu tu re u n til coui a r e ,
¡.d an ce a h J L-le. » ration,
Red Cross, will be held the last
Cotton, and the realty com m ittee
two weeks in June.
to keep afrue o u r in d ic i J u a I fre a d o n . .rAunruj Eop«
of the
common council, , —
Harold
Promotion of Ashland as a shop 1 01
me Lummui,
—
Frank O’Neil, Ashland high
ping center for Southern Oregon Merrill, Phil Stansbury, and Dick
a n d in s p i r it ic '* ' . «?»»v i L e t : - •
school coach, may be the senior
and N orthern California
was j Neill reported th a t they felt that
instructor this yeur, Gragg said.
planned at a m eeting of Ashland the joO feet could and should be
m erchants W ednesday m o rn in g . made available.
Mrs. Hav Llninger, who has as­
at Glenn’s Den.
The realty com m ittee has m et
sisted with the registration and
Retaining of the N ational Trades several tim es in the past week
enrollm ent in previous years, will
Day association and utilization of and a repOrt was presented by
again help with class activities.
Delores Momany, valedictorian their “appreciation day” was ac- M errill at the Thursday m orning
This is the fifth year the pro­
gram has been held for the three
of the graduating class at Ash­ cepted by the m erchants and , session. The report stated:
land High school, has been given members of the Cham ber of Com-1 "That since the Fir M illing and
comm unities.
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p inning Company has volunteer -
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a
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the
annual Award of The Read­ merce present at the m eeting
• gg stated that Instruction
L. Poole, representative of the
to mOTe their line back 100
classes would be held lor persons Tennis T ournam ent this year will e r’s Digest Association for stud-
National
Trades
Day
association
ieet
to assist Lum ber Mills Corp,
their
successful
ents
who
by
sta rt on Sunday, Ju n e 9th. All
six to sixty.
school work give promise of a t­ presented their promotion plan! ¡gg feet of the so called *’no mans
entries for the tournam ent m ust
taining leadership in the com­ which provides a trade stim ulus land" be granted to L um ber Mill*
be in at the A shland YMCA not m unity, it was announced today The plan will go into effect dur- Corp.
ing the first week in July. It pro-
«jj ¡s jhe opinion of the realty
later than W ednesday, Ju n e l e t
by Roland L. Parks, principal.
vides for cash prizes for Ashland com m ittee th a t the no m an's land
Miss
Momany
will
receive
an
New
city
cham
pions
in
the
Mr. Kelly, Camp W hite Special
shoppers each week.
was created to facilitate operation
Service Officer, announced In an W omen’s Singles and Men’s Sin- honorary subscription to The
Merchants present at the meet- under the existing leases to both
R
eader’s
Digest
for
one
year
and
interview, Tuesday, th at M emor­ gles will be crow ned this year.
an engraved certificate from the ing included A. W. Woodward, parties. Thus it is our opinion th at
ial Services will be held at the Ted T ibbutt who took first place
city would be subject to crit-
Editors, “in recognition of past Bert Terry, Abe Neslin, M. Per-
Domiciliary Center, Monday, May in the m en’s single for the past
accom plishm ent and in anticipa­ nall, Winston Marks, Jim Busch, ¡cism if the no m an’s land were
30th from 9 a.m. to 10 a m
two years will, not be in the to u r­ tion of unusual achievem ent to Jerry Coveil, Bob Hardy, Walt leased prior to expiration of out-
A flag Pole ceremony and m ili­ nam ent this year. Tod has left the
Hamby, W alt Michael, Kelcy j standing leases, which have about
tom e.”
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tary drills will be part of the out city.
Smith, Jake Weitzel, Dick Hern- one and one-half year* to run.
,
,
The
aw
ard
to
Miss
Momany,
door cerem ony with another pro­
Dorothy Morris, who has taken
dobler, Jim Glenn, B ert M iller I wjthout consent., of .adjacent
gram scheduled to follow In the first place in the women’s singles who is the daughter of Mr. and and Gene Leidigh.
1 - leasees.......
Mrs.
Dale
M
omany
of
Talent,
was
auditorium .
for the past two years will also
the
Bill
McGee
represented
"The city has offered its assist­
In a telephone call to Lottie be out of the Torunam ent com ­ m ade possible through the coop­ Cham ber of Commerce.
ance
in draining any of the land
Ransdell, local Camp W hite Chair petition this year. She is serving eration of Mr. Parks and his
Medford-Ashland Load
which is not now usable for stor­
teaching
staff.
They
selected
Miss
man, he m ade a special request to on the Tournam ent Com m ittee
Revealed by Report
ing of logs or lumber.
have photographers present. Mil­ and will help set things up but Momany to receive the award,
’It is our recommendation that
designed to stim ulate scholarship,
Traffic at the heaviest point dred Ager and Bonnie Conrad of
will not enter the tournam ent.
Mr. Cotton be given a twenty
citizenship, and continued contact
between Medford and Ashland Memory Lane Studio have gra­
In this issue of the News Re­
On
afternoon — May
— Tuesday
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, , year lease for the rental of fifty
was 9243 vehicles according to a ciously offered to be on hand to view Is an entry blank which can w ith good reading after gradua­
Michael
Shea
of
6314
N.
Main
St, dollars a year."
tion.
report released this week by W. take pictures of the ceremonies. be filled out, clipped, and mailed
entertained a num ber of his small
Cotton has stated th at the 100
C. William .assistant state high­
Mrs. Ransdell requests that
m at as
Ash,and YMCA
friends. The occasion being his foot strip which is being offered
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
H.
Wines
and
u
ide tennis
way engineer. This was at the many organizations, as possible I ! c City-w
ide
tennis tournam ent son Ashland street, were visiting eighth birthday.
not enough and th a t h e needs
arrange to attend In a body. Ar- „„..........
ittee
si>uth city limits of Medford
... includes: Dr. W. E.
The
crowd
met
at
his
home,
more
ground. Concerning the uti-
rrafflc at the north city lim its rangem ents will be m ade to cen- Bracker, Richard C. Joy, Dorothy in Redding, California, over the then w ent to Lithia Park, w here n zation of golf course land he said
photo-
of Ashland was 6,132. during the ter the local groups in
r t o m o c m o r n r\lo ,T A /-l o n /4
1
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Morris. Ruth Seitz, Venita Rob­ week end.
Mrs. Jim Busch and two sons games w ere played and refresh­ he had not considered it because
sam e period, W illiams reported. graphs for local use.
erson, Don K err, Bruce Smith,
m
ents
were
served.
of the right of way problem but
left this week for LaGrande, O re­
The tests were made April 19
Dale King. Bill Miles, and R. N.
Michael was the recipient of a that he hoped som ething could be
gon,
to
visit
her
parents.
during a 24-hour period.
num ber of nice gifts.
Fletcher.
worked out betw een the mills.
According to W illiams the pro­
Those present w ere John S or­
A t present the L um ber Mills
jected daily traffic for the year
ensen, T erry and Jo hnny Davis, corporation occupies 18 acres of
at the heaviest point on the high­
Keith and K ent Randahl, Robert the industrial area (the old a ir­
way betw een Medford and Ash­
Sullivan, Duane and D eanna Cul- port site), F ir Milling and P lan­
Ken Miller. 758 B street, is
land would then be estim ated at j
lop, Richard and David Sullivan, ing 17% acres, and M istletoe
10,629 vehicles per dav. The pro­ lhe cnndH ate for the office of
Mrs. Mary Sullivan, Mrs. Cliff m ill has 15% acres. The 200 foot
jected average is computed by Com m ander of Ashland Post No.
Wilson, L arry Linville, Mrs. G. A. strip which separates the three
applying a m athem atical factor 14, ? m e i i t 'i Le-ion. r I eel; on of
Sullivan and Michael Shea.
mills takes up 10 acres of land.
to the accompanying one-dav officers will be held June 14. Re­
Possibility of draining some
STEAKHOUSE GETS A
sw am p land in the L um ber Mills
count
It takes Into consider- tiring com m ander Is John von
COMPLETE FACELIFTING
section has been considered and
tion heavy week-end traffic and Kuhlm ann.
O ther nom inees for office in­
Redecoration of The Steak city equipm ent w ill be used for
the heavier industrial anti com
House was completed Thursday this purpose if it is found feas­
m uting traffic encountered on this clude first vice comm ander, Carl
with C.E. Taylor doing the decor­ ible.
sector of highway 99 during the Tcnnings, Dick Berninghausen.
ating and painting. Walls of two
second vice commander, Dick
Most of the crew of the Lum ber
fruit harvest.
different shades w ere used, one Mills Corp, w ere laid off W ednes­
At the other six check points Berninghausen and Erw in N el­
wall being a straw color and the day for an Indefinite period of
along the 12 mile stretch, the son; chaplain, Phil Amer, Mr.
other a delphi blue. Ceiling and tim e and T hrusday m orning Cot­
W
orthylake;
adjutant,
W.
B.
Mc­
num ber of vehicles counted de­
trim are lavender gray and smo­ ton stated th at he had sold his
creased from 7,274 at a point 2.2 Cullough; finance, Alan H arris;
ky rose respectively .
decked logs.
Sergeant
at
arms,
Roy
H
artley;
miles south of Medford to 5,886
The
exterior
of
the
restaurant
John
Freem
an;
Service
officer
seven tenths of a mile south of
has been painted a straw color.
Guy Applewhite: and executive
Phoenix.
com
m
itteem
an,
Col.
Harold
J
o
r­
A heavier volume of 6,171 ve­
hicles was noted on the W agner dan.
creek bridge at the north city
lim its cf T alent and just south of
Many Ashland Elks, headed by
Mrs. Celia B erninghausen and
that town the figure dropped a-
Exalted Ruler “Buzz” Hamby, I comm ittee, have com pleted Pop­
gain to 5,201, the lowest count
Oscar Silver, Jr., president of
will be in K lam ath Falls, June py day sale plans, for May 27 and
the Southern Oregon college Al­
listed.
2, 3, and 4, for the annual state 28. Poppies m ade of crepe paper
Little Hope Seen
umni association, has announced ,
convention of the Oregon Bene­ “the official Legion and A uxili­
A m eeting of the state high­ th at the association will hold its
volent and Protective O rder of ary Flow er” will be sold both
way commission this month held annual reunion this year on Com­
Elks
days on Ashland streets by volun­
out no hop- for relief to harried m encem ent Day, Sunday, June 5.
The Ashland lodge is sponsor­ teer w orkers. A M emorial Day
m otorists who dodge one another at Southern Oregon college. Old
ing the Ashland Am erican Legion window arranged by Mrs. Ruth
on the tw o-lane stretch of ro a d .. tim ers among the alum ni will
Post No. 14 Kiltie band in the Cushing and Mrs. H arriet H ast­
No funds will be available for I have a special get-together at
big parade whieh will be held ings is In P enney’s store, the lo­
the section between Ashland and J 4:30 p.m. and this will be fol­
during the convention.
cal sales headquarters. The funds
Medford for at least two more lowed by the regular alum ni ban-
are for disabled veterans of both
quet at 5 00 p.m. in Susanne C hH .H n. ~ n
years the commission stated.
W orld W ar and locally for Child
Homes
hall.
This
year’s
reunion
Work in Southern Oregon i-
W elfare twork of v eteran ’s chil­
slated to go toward im provem ent dll pav special tribute to the s of T Foreign
p j S i Wars. Christina's father is commander
'■’ * ’? A of w
s . du. ing
r the s sessions. bark and ' ° rth
Post
dren.
of other roads which are in more class of 1899, whose 50th anni- American Legion .(photo by Memory Lane Studio)
(
”
ersary
it
will
be.
dire n°ed of aid.
Shopping Center
Promotion Is
Being Planned
Tennis Tourney
To Begin June 5
Local Student Will
Get Digest Award
I
Camp White to Hold
Memorial Services
10,000 Vehicles
Use Highway 99
Each 24 Hours
Michael Shea Has
Eighth Birthday
i
Miller May Be
Legion’s Leader
Mayor Tom Williams Buys First Poppy
Ashland Elks To
Attend Convention
SOC Alumni Reunion
To Be Held June 5th
s
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Poppy Day Sale
Plans Completed